Maximus

Maximus

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  1. pKa

    This is the topic my class strugled with the most the 1st semester, so yes it is very tricky and not just you. Lets continue with alfentanil since you brought it up... 1st you have to know whether the actual drug compound is a base or an acid. As you...
  2. Radius to the 4th power

    R4 is also used in the same way in hemodynamic equiations as the radius of arteriols that affect systemic vascular resistance. All these calculations are based on Ohm's Law: flow= pressure/resistance.
  3. It sounds like you great experience, prestigious undergraduate degrees, and the maturity it takes. I agree that your GRE is the weakest area you discussed. If you don't get it maybe you should try taking it again. Good luck!
  4. relocating?

    I live on the west coast where there are few CRNA programs so I am moving cross country even though I love where I live. My wife fortunately is able to come with me. All schools are different. Some have all local clinicals and others you commute to ...
  5. Critical care question re:PA pressures

    Lasix would not make sense in chronic renal failure unless they are trying to use it as a venodilator to allow the large veins to store more fluid and take the workload of the heart. But nitro is much better at that. If the pt is in oliguric acute re...
  6. Interview in 2 days, UGH!

    I only had to interview once and my interview focused mainly on what type of person I am and what I had done to prepare for a vigorous graduate program. I would recommend being prepared for different types of interviews. Then when you get into the in...
  7. Vacation while in school?

    I get five days off a year, 10 additional days at Christmas, and 5 educational days a year. No breaks between semesters.
  8. ethical dilemma

    Please listen to yogaCRNA. He represents the profession unlike many who are posting here. I start CRNA school in January and really hope that my fellow students demonstrate better ethical judgement than the student you are talking about. I almost go...
  9. Study: 100 patients a day in USA wake up during surgery

    I was just reading my post and I meant to say 40000 patients a YEAR experience awareness.
  10. Study: 100 patients a day in USA wake up during surgery

    I find this subject fascinating, and that is why I wrot an essay about it a few months ago for a scholarship. The incidence of awareness in noncardiac and nonob cases is 0.2% (Anesthesia, 1991). It is much higher in ob, cardiac, and trauma surgeries...
  11. need

    I can share my numbers. I got in with my first application. senior year 3.95 nursing school GPA 3.76 cumalitive GPA 3.3 science GPA 3.3 GRE Math 710 GRE Verbal 560 Written 5.0 Your GPA sounds good but you really need to bring your GRE score up. I st...
  12. ICU clinical question

    Craziness! Vasocontriction. Why? I would have asked for a rational and if not a good one would have refused to start it. If they wanted perfusion pressure higher could try fluid and inotropes.
  13. Getting in with 1 year critical care experience

    It totally can be done. I started in the ICU as a new grad one year ago and just got into Duke. I worked my but off during that year taking classes, reading books, and always looking for learning oppurtunities. My goal was not to become an expert ICU...
  14. Upcoming interview

    I can tell just by reading this post that you are highly motivated to become a CRNA and doing a lot of good stuff to get there. I think the admissions committee will see that too. You have a lot other things going for you than the GRE. What is your s...
  15. Stipend Programs

    Hi everyone! I just found out that I got excepted to Duke and will start in January. I am extremely thrilled. Now I am trying to figure out the best ways to pay for it and I am interested in contracts with hospitals that will pay for some or all of ...